
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From 1/11/2024 To 31/10/2025** 

## **Charity name: The Community Cuppa Club** 

## **Charity registration number:  1176391** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|The purpose of the charity is the relief of<br>loneliness and social isolation in people<br>over the age of 75 in Trentham and<br>nearby areas.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|The main activities are:<br>A weekly lunch group for much older<br>people who live alone.<br>Two gentle exercise classes to improve<br>mobility and increase social participation.<br>Signposting to other social activities.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|All the trustees have read and understand<br>the guidance on public benefit.|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

||<br>SORP reference||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|The charity does not provide any grants|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38||
|Other|||





## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|The group meets weekly for a social<br>pub lunch.  We try to meet as many<br>weeks of the year as possible.  The<br>group is for those people (mostly 85+)<br>who struggle to get out of the house.<br>Two weekly exercise groups help older<br>people maintain mobility, increase their<br>social connections and decrease their<br>risk of falls.<br>Older people are introduced to other<br>social groups in the area.<br>Assistance is provided with completing<br>Blue Badge applications.<br>A Christmas meal brings all the groups<br>together to exchange information and to<br>increase peer support and friendships.|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**See receipts and payments accounts.**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22||
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22||
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23||



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|<br>Para 1.47||
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO Foundation**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**Appointed by existing trustees**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51||
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charityname|The Community Cuppa Club|
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|Other name the charityuses||
|Registered charitynumber|1176391|
|Charity’s principal address|57 Atherstone Road, Trentham, Stoke on Trent,<br>ST4 8JU|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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||Helen Spencer||||
||Helen Taylor||||
||MaryTittle||||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

> Description of the assets Not applicable held in this capacity 

> Name and objects of the Not applicable charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects 

> Details of arrangements for Not applicable safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of Name Address adviser** 

## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

None 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

Not applicable 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s)** 

**Full name(s)** 

**Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** 

**Date** 



||**The Community Cuppa Club**|**The Community Cuppa Club**|**The Community Cuppa Club**|**1176391**|**1176391**|**CC16a**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**For the period**<br>**from**|01/11/2024|**To**|31/10/2025|||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**491**<br>**1,025**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,516**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,516**<br>**538**<br>**47**<br>**1,332**<br>**2,075**<br>**1,284**<br>**51**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **5,327**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**5,327**<br>**-                 3,811**<br>**-**<br>**7,008**<br>**3,197**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**491**<br>**1,025**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,516**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,516**<br>**538**<br>**47**<br>**1,332**<br>**2,075**<br>**1,284**<br>**51**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**5,327**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**5,327**<br> <br>**-                 3,811**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Ward funding|**491**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**491**||**-**|
|Subs|**1,025**|||**1,025**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**1,516**|||**1,516**||**-**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||
||**-**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**|||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||
||||**-**|**1,516**||**-**|
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|Insurance|**538**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**538**||**-**|
|ICO|**47**|||**47**||**-**|
|Room hire|**1,332**|||**1,332**||**-**|
|Exercise Tutor|**2,075**|||**2,075**||**-**|
|Groupsupport|**1,284**|||**1,284**||**-**|
|Exercise Equipment|**51**|||**51**||**-**|
|||||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**5,327**|||**5,327**||**-**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
||**-**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**-**|||
||**-**|||**-**|||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
||||**-**|**5,327**||**-**|
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||**-                 3,811**|**-**|**-**|<br>**-                 3,811**||**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**<br>**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**7,008**|**-**||**7,008**||**-**|
||**3,197**|**-**|**-**|**3,197**||**-**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

08/07/2026 

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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**|Signature<br>None<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>None<br>Cash at bank<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>None<br>**Details**<br>None|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**3,338**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**3,338**<br>**-**<br>Agreement Error<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

08/07/2026 

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